Man charged with putting child in dryer

LUMBERTON, Texas, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A Texas man is asking the public for forgiveness after he put his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter in a hot clothes dryer.

At a news conference Thursday, Bobby Lynn Curtis, 27, of Lumberton, Texas, told reporters he had past problems with anger but said this was the first time he had hurt someone, The Beaumont Enterprise reported.

Curtis, who is in jail on $150,000 bond, allegedly put the girl in a dryer and turned it on for five seconds.

The incident occurred Sunday while the child’s mother was at the store. Police said the girl suffered first and second degree burns.